Solid Fat Content Analysis

WHY IS SOLID FAT CONTENT ANALYSIS SO IMPORTANT FOR FOOD?

Solid Fat Content analysis is important for food manufacturers that produce fat based food products. Dynalene provides reliable solid fat content analysis with a quick turnaround time. With our top of the line DSC, Dynalene has the ability to test your fat-based foods.

We use a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) to precisely measure solid fat content. Some examples of the products we test are:

Chocolate

Whipped cream

Margarine

Hydrogenated vegetable oil

Icing

Butter

Ice Cream

Our Capabilities

Dynalene utilizes a TA Instruments Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) to measure the Solid Fat Content of foods with fat constituents. We can test a wide-array of products ranging from chocolate, butter, margarine, hydrogenated vegetable oil, icing, whipped cream, ice cream and any other fat based products.

What is Solid Fat Content?

Solid Fat Content is the percentage of solids in fat at specified temperatures. Solid Fat Content (SFC) is an important characteristic that can influence appearance, flavor release, melt rate, shelf life and stability of fat based food products. In the chocolate industry it is desirable to manufacture products with the ideal Solid Fat Content that will allow for chocolate to remain solid at room temperature, but still give consumers that “melt in your mouth” experience. Knowing various characteristics of your product from solid fat content allows you to direct your manufacturing processes in a way that achieves the highest quality products.